Here is where the slaves that were brought from the coast of africa proved they were men. This is the area where black soldiers from the first South Carolina earned their right to be called soldiers. Im don lemon at cnn World Headquarters atlanta. Have a great week and great night. See you next week. 2323. Thats where the death toll stands right now in the brazil nightclub fire. Were now getting these devastating images being pulled from the burning building. Plus, a sloppy commute expected for millions of people this morning. We have a live report straight ahead. I think hillary will go down as one of the finest secretaries of state we have. One heck of a moment between the president and the secretary of state. But, why all of the love . Good morning, welcome to early state. Im christine rom yans. And im john berman. Its january 28th its monday. Well begin with that developing story out of brazil. Deadly chaos at a nightclub. Early yesterday morning. Killing a staggering 233 people. M
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Lawrence. To compare what they learn from ron in your last 45 minutes of discussion to what theyve been hearing from Trump Administration officials, not the medical professionals but the actual white house staff because thats what ron was in the obama white house. He was in a position without medical many pexpertise but exp how to make government work, how to make arms of the government Work Together in a crisis like this and of course, he did pick up a great deal of expertise about this kind of situation and about the medical elements of this situation. I havent heard anyone from the Kellyanne Conways to the larry to the trump appointees that have command of this subject that ron has in one sentence. Not only the lack of command but the overt publicly excuse me, politically convenient disinformation. Kellyanne conway and cudlow saying this is airtight. The overt disinformation from the president on down has been is actually one of serious challenges that weve got as a country how to d
I havent heard anyone from the Kellyanne Conways to the Larry Kudlows to the trump appointees that have command of this subject that ron has in one sentence. Not only the lack of command but the overt publicly excuse me, politically convenient disinformation. Kellyanne conway and larry kudlow both saying this is contained. Almost airtight. The overt disinformation from the president on down has been, is actually one of serious challenges that weve got as a country in terms of how to deal with this and i dont think anybody was under illusions they handled this well. I dont think were cynical enough to expect they would handle it so overtly badly they would be a problem we need to fix along the way. The basketball theme that went throughout your hour, its at least two weeks ago, maybe more, an official at one of the really big basketball powers at the University System said to me he was very worried what this meant not just for College Basketball games with 20,000, 25,000 people watching
His spirit will continue to look after us. Detective wenjian liu was a good man. He walked a path of courage, a path of sacrifice, and a path of kindness. This is who he was. And he was taken from us much too soon. I do not know why there is so much evil and heartache in our world. I cannot understand evil. I cannot explain evil. I will not try. But what i believe with all my heart is that our obligation is to try to make something good come of tragedy. So that evil is not allowed to hold the field. So that evil is not allowed to win the day. Detective liu is the police that we want. Lets also in this city in this country, the police that we have. And for that and for how he died but for how he lived and performed his duty with that, i am so honored as has already been referenced to pothsthumously promote detective liu to first. New york stands a little taller today because of the time he walked among us. Those words today from new york city mayor bill dede blasio giving the eulogy for